Bob Hummer

Robert "Bob" Hummer (1906--1981)

Bob Hummer
Born	Robert Hummer January 25, 1906 Easton, Pennsylvania
Died	April 01, 1981 (age 75) Baltimore, Maryland
Categories	Books by Bob Hummer

An eccentric magician who invented some very good tricks like the Whirling Card.

Books

• Half-a-Dozen Hummers (1940)
• Six More Hummers (1941)
• Six Tricks for 1944
• Face-up, Face-down Mysteries (1946)
• Three Pets (1953)

Marketed effects

• Hummer's Great Discovery (1940)
• Fantastric (1941)
• Poker Chip Mystery (1941)
• Hummer's Whirling Card (1943)
• Hummer's Magic Carpet (1949)
• Mathematical 3-Card Monte (1951)

References

• The Linking Ring, Vol. 33, No. 3, May 1953, Bob Hummer in a 1944 picture from Frank Werner
• The New Tops, Vol. 4, No. 7, July 1964, It's a Mystery to me (Part 1), by Clarke “The Senator” Crandall, page 8
• The New TOPs, Vol. 4, No. 8, August 1964, It's a Mystery to me (Part 2), by Clarke “The Senator” Crandall, page 12
• The New TOPs, Vol. 4, No. 9, September 1964, It's a Mystery to me (Part 3), by Clarke “The Senator” Crandall, page 14
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 88, No.8, August 2008, CUTTING UP JACKPOTS by Bev Bergeron, The Whirling Card, page 62